Happy Birthday To You
Kenren let a snigger escape his lips as he looked into the library at Tenpou, sitting on the ground with a book propped open on his lap. He snuck past the marshal's library, and over to his room.
"Ken-niichan? Ken-niichan, why are you acting so strange around Ten-chan?" Goku's voice instantly piped. Kenren whirled around to see the small boy and slapped his hands over his younger friend's mouth.
"Hush, saru! I don't want Tenpou to hear me!" He hissed to Goku.
"But why?" Goku's muffled question asked.
"I don't think you'd get it." Kenren let the boy go and continued to his room. He stared at an object in a paper bag, and sighed. "Tomorrow. I need to get the things now." He hid the bag under his bed, and walked out of his room. He still needed a few supplies.
Tenpou raised his head, staring out his open door. The general was doing something worth watching. First he dashed across with a roll of ribbon and back with empty hands. Then he dashed across with several rolls of wrapping paper. He dropped a roll of green wrapping paper twice before getting across the door. Dashed back with empty hands. Dashed across with bows, scissors, and ran into Goku. Carried Goku back the other way, and dashed back to gather the things he'd dropped and rushed to the other side, then rushed back to get the scissors he'd forgotten to pick up and rushed out of sight again.
Tenpou stared, and this time, closed the door. And simply stared into space, very freaked out.
The next day, Tenpou once again was sitting in his library, a wary eye for the open door. Kenren peeked in, and saw the emerald eyes dart up to him.
"What is it, Taisho?" He asked.
"Can I come in?" A nod. Kenren stepped in, his hands obviously hiding something behind his back. He walked right up to the marshal and crouched in front of Tenpou.
"What is it?"
"This." Kenren brought a brightly wrapped package from behind his back. It was carefully wrapped in a striped wrapping paper, with balloons dotting it, a red ribbon tied onto the package.
"What…what is this, Taisho?"
"Open it and find out." Kenren smiled. Tenpou's fingers slid under the crease and carefully opened the package, revealing a leather bound photo album. He flipped through the pages of the album, looking at pictures of him and Konzen, him and Kenren, him and Goku, pretty much every photo ever taken of the group. There was even one of Goku playing a prank on Konzen by putting shaving cream in one of his hands. "You like?"
"..It's…wonderful. But what is this for?"
"As if you don't know." Kenren patted the marshal on the head.
"What?" This answer made Kenren laugh.
"Happy birthday, Ten."